A dedicated dog spent days waiting outside a hospital in Turkey, where its sick owner was being treated.
The pet, Boncuk, which means bead, followed the ambulance that transported its owner, Cemal Senturk, to the hospital in the town of Trabzon on the Black Sea on 14 January. Then she made daily visits to the facility, reported the private news agency DHA.
Senturk’s daughter, Aynur Egeli, said she would take Boncuk home, but the dog would run back to the hospital.
A hospital security guard, Muhammet Akdeniz, told DHA: “She comes every day around 9 am and waits until dusk. It does not enter.
“When the door opens, she pokes her head in.”
On Wednesday, Boncuk finally met with Senturk when he was pushed out in a wheelchair. “She is very used to me. And I also miss her, constantly, ”he told DHA.
Senturk was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday and returned home with Boncuk.